Bentley Turbo RT

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Hi Guys,

I have today collected my first bentley, admittedly a slightly cheaper one than the modern Bentleys and at a fraction of the price of its original sticker.

I have been looking for one for a long time or should I say looking at the classifieds regularly for the last couple of years. As a 80s child these cars are an icon for me as in my teenage years they were the top of the tree and the fact that good ones (I hope I have a good one) can be bought for such little amount of money seems crazy. The car is peacock blue with a great history and has just had a lot of work by colbrook specialists including a service. The car was bought from JJ Premium cars who were excellent and prepared the car very well for sale without scrimping including 4 tyres suspension to mention a couple.

The car is very good order overal butl there are some minor cosmetics that I would like to touch up but overall I am chuffed.

If there is anyone with any experience of these cars I do have a couple of new owner silly questions;

How the hell do I open the glove box
How the hell do I set the clock
Also, where should the oil pressure be when motorway driving.

I will try to upload some pics to show I'm not fibbing

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Thanks guys for all the positivity, reminds me of how great piston heads can be rather than bickering over pathetic crap.

Well thanks to a helpful chap on Facebook I have solved the clock and the glove box issue. Problem was I was to much of a weakling to open the darn thing, it was also a bit stuck

The car has had a lot of recent work on it by colbrook specilists including but not limited to both rear suspension struts replaced, new battery, 4 new Avon’s, new brake pads and discs all round, new park brake pads, rocker and sump tightened, replaced steering oil cooler hoses and steering pipe replaced along with some wheel arch work and interior work. The car was serviced as well. The car hasn’t been driven much for a few years so I’m using a bit to try and smoke out any gremlins.

Will try to get another 50-100 or so miles complete by end of the week. Every forum and previous/current owner is saying make sure you drive it so really trying to make sure it gets used.

One thing I have noticed is it has a fair amount of power and even with new brakes you don’t want to have to stop in a hurry as it would make me nervous if I really needed to with my limited time behind the wheel. I suppose these beasts are meant to be driven anywhere to fast just waft along and do your thing.

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So little update, have driven the car a few hundred miles and the car has been great, been a little concerned about how the car would stand up to the miles as it hasnt done any miles for a few years but the car has been great and absolute occasion every time I take it out.

Couple of minor niggles that JJ Premium Cars and Kris have handled very professionally and honoured their warranty which I know is there obligation but they are underwriting it so always expect a little fight and there hasn't been any of that.

The oil pressure has been a little high during the couple hundred miles I have done so having that inspected, they are also replacing the speakers as some are faulty, also as I dropped it off there was a bit of an odour of petrol which is more of a concern so that's being inspected and then onto to have some leather + wood repaired at Colbrooks.

Now very excited to get the car back as it feels like collection all over again.

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Thank you!!! It really is, I don't at the moment need to start making the thread a bit more image-heavy! I also bought a private plate and got the correct size plates from Jack Barclay (important update

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Ive seen your wild project buddy, will send you a dm as theres the odd bit that I would like to track down.

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so long overdue update, car has been great, really does the job of enjoying part of the car scene with the whole family (2 young children) which has been great. Looking forward to the sun coming out and hopefully getting a proper season under the cars belt. The car has been reliable (done about 1000 miles) barring an amber warning light which didn't affect anything noticeable barring what you could see on the dash.

Never the less the car is now at hanwells having the following precautionary work done as there is no fault code recorded on the ecu.

replacing coolant gasket, sensor and thermostat along with sending the driver information panel to john bowling to have a look and see if there is anything that can be done with that. I have my fingers crossed it doesn't become a crazy expensive wild goose chase.

Anyway will update you when I know what happens next.

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Vee said:

Also 80s here, nice car!
Performance Car comment always sticks in my mind, “Dragster disguised as a limo, wicked fun”.

It's us 80s guys that really appreciate these.

When you are moving they are fine to keep up with traffic but the character of the car isn't really shooting off fast off the lights even though they were sold as the performance model, not just because they would probably get beaten by a lot of modern cars but you just don't feel like doing it in the car.

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So quick update the car has gone into Hanwell's to have a small mark on the bumper tidied up and have a warning light tackled on the dash which was found to be (fingers crossed) a stored error in the driver's information panel, this had to be sent off to John bowling and I collected the car today. I am hoping this has nailed it and I can enjoy the car this summer. Was great driving back and the car has such a presence! Rubbish iPhone pictures to follow...

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The sad day we all thought would never come has arrived. The car is now in the classifieds here. The car is in rude health but after a few years of ownership, time to move onto something else! Some cool pictures in the ad make me think, hmmm am I making the correct decision....

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/15689694